Railroad-joint



H. CHOMYN.

RAILROAD JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2,1919.

1,350,783. Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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RAILROAD-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24:, 1920.

Application filed July 2, 1919. Serial No. 308,289;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY CHoMYN, a citizen of Austria, residing at Fox Valley, Province of Saskatchewan, and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Railroad-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its principal object to provide a novel form of rail joint and securing means whereby the sides of the rails are drawn laterally together, without the use Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view take through the securing means, and

Fig. 5 is a reduced longitudinal sectional view of a rail made in accordance with the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a pair of abutting rails are generally designated by the numeral 10 and 12 respectively, each being comprised of a head 14:, stem- 15, and flanged base 16, the same being of the usual type of rolled construction In carrying out the invention, the stems of the rails are offset at their ends in opposite directions as indicated by the numerals 17 and 18, to substantially one half the thickness of the stem, while the flanged base portion of the rail is removed upon the offset sides, respectively 19 and 20, forming straight vertical surfaces 21 below the stems 14:, thus permitting the offset end portions of the rails to come into intimate contact along the vertical center line of the rail.

Near the end of each of the offset stems is formed a relatively small aperture 22, slotted openings 23 being formed through the offset stems at points near the offset shoulder portions, the several openings being in alinement, one rail with another.

Fixedly engaged in the smaller openings 22, are the shanks 24 of rivets having rounded heads 25, by which shouldered collars 26 are drawn tightly against the inner vertical surface of the offset stems and held permanently in position.

Extending oppositely outward from the shouldered collars 26 are stems 27, formed with heads 28 acting as retainers for elongated button elements 29, freely pivoted upon the stems 27, and having inner rounded corners 30 adapted to make contact with the outer surfaces of the juxtaposed stems whereby the stems are held firmly in engagement, it being understood that the length of the collar elements 26 is somewhat shorter than the thickness of the rail stern through which it passes.

The rivets 24: having been rigidly secured in the outer openings in the offset rail ends, the buttons 29 are extended into a horizontal plane so as to pass through the elongated openings 23, whereupon they may be turned by a wrench, hammer or other implement into a vertical position, thereby locking the two offset end elements of the rails firmly in position, completely avoiding the use of extraneous fish plates, bolts screws or other securing means, and holding the rails both laterally and longitudinally against displacement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an effective and readily applied device for clamping rail. ends has been disclosed, and in such manner as to permit the rails to be disassociated if desired in an easy and convenient manner.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rail joint the combination with running rails having stems offset in opposite directions at their ends, and flanges cut away from the center line outward from the offset stems, said stems containing longitudinally disposed elongated slots, of rigid projections extending laterally from said offset stems in one portion thereof, and buttons pivotally secured on said projections, said buttons being adapted to pass through the mentioned slots in the stems of the adjoining rails, said buttons when turned at an angle being adapted to hold the rails in intimate contact.

2. In a rail joint connection the combination with a pair of running ralls having offset stems, flanged bases extendlng therebelow on the offset sides, said stems containing longitudinal slots, of projections extending outward from said stems adapted to pass through the slots in mating stems, and buttons pivotally secured on said projections, said buttons passing through the mentioned slots when in a horizontal position, and engageable with the exterior of the mating stems when in a vertical position whereby said rails are firmly bound upon opposite sides.

3. In a rail joint, the combination with a pair of rails having offset stems at their ends,

the flanges of said rails being removed upon the offsetsides, openings formed centrally in said stems near the ends thereof, rivets securely engaged in said "openings, collars integrally formed with said rivets, elongated recesses formed in said offset stems into which collars of the opposite rails enter, and buttons rotatable on said rivets, said buttons being adapted to pass through said elongated Openings when turned horizontally, and to lock said rails together when turned vertically, whereby said rails are'held against lateral and longitudinal displacement.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. 1

HARRY OHOMYN. 

